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Type of Jewish legal scholar
In Jewish law, a posek (Hebrew: פּוֹסֵק, romanized: pôsēq; pl. poskim פּוֹסְקִים, pôsəqîm) is a legal scholar who determines the application of Halakha
Posek
Israeli Haredi rabbi (1910–2012)
April 1910 – 18 July 2012) was a Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jewish rabbi and posek (arbiter of Jewish law) who lived in Jerusalem. Until his death at the age
Yosef_Shalom_Elyashiv
Jewish rabbinical law
may be considered binding for the posek's questioner or immediate community. Depending on the stature of the posek and the quality of the decision, an
Halakha
Venezuelan-born American Haredi rabbi (1933–2025)
– December 16, 2025) was a Venezuelan-born American Orthodox rabbi and posek. He was a prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in the United States and
Yitzchak_Abadi
Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbi
Yuval Cherlow (Hebrew: יובל שרלו; born 1957) is a Modern Orthodox rabbi and posek. He is Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Hesder Amit Orot Shaul in Tel Aviv, Israel
Yuval_Cherlow
Jewish leaders living from the 16th century to today
Modern Posek in Israel Shmuel Wosner (Shevet Halevi) (1913–2015), Posek, Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin Ovadia Yosef (1920–2013), Iraqi-born Halakhist, Posek and
Acharonim
Polish rabbi (1884–1966)
Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg (1884–1966) was an Ashkenazi Orthodox rabbi, posek ("decisor" of Jewish law) and rosh yeshiva. He is best known as the author
Yechiel_Yaakov_Weinberg
American rabbi and posek (1938–2016)
HaLevi Belsky (August 22, 1938 – January 28, 2016) was an American rabbi and posek of Orthodox and Haredi Judaism. He was one of the roshei yeshiva (deans)
Yisroel_Belsky
Talmudic scholar, posek and Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983
(Hebrew: מרן; lit. 'Our Master'), was an Iraqi-born Talmudic scholar, hakham, posek, and the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1972 to 1983. Often called
Ovadia_Yosef
Hungarian Orthodox rabbi
30 July 1886, in Ungvár, Ung, Royal Hungary) was an Orthodox rabbi and posek best known as the author of the work of Halakha (Jewish law), the Kitzur
Shlomo_Ganzfried
Former yeshiva in Vilijampolė, Lithuania
achieved a peaceful coexistence. This was largely due to Epstein becoming a posek in Slabodka under Moshe Danishevky, who served as Knesses Beis Yitzchak's
Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael (Slabodka)
Yeshivas_Knesses_Yisrael_(Slabodka)
American Orthodox rabbi
Schachter (born (1941-07-28)July 28, 1941) is an American Orthodox rabbi, posek, and rosh yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS)
Hershel_Schachter
Belarusian-born American Orthodox rabbi (1895–1986)
1986) was a Russian-born American Orthodox Jewish rabbi, scholar, and posek (authority on halakha—Jewish law). He has been called the most famous Orthodox
Moshe_Feinstein
Rabbinical court of Judaism
presiding dayanim. The av beth din will usually be a highly respected rabbi and posek, who can give responsa. Traditionally, the salaried rabbi of the local Jewish
Beth_din
Israeli rabbi
קרליץ; July 19, 1926 – October 21, 2019) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and posek who served as the chairman of the beis din tzedek (rabbinical court) of
Nissim_Karelitz
Israeli rabbi and author
(Usher, Osher) Zelig Weiss (Hebrew: אשר וייס; born March 25, 1953) is a posek (decisor on points of Jewish law), rosh kollel (dean) of Machon Minchas
Asher_Weiss
Lithuanian rabbi (1829–1908)
Aruch haShulchan" after his magnum opus, Aruch HaShulchan, was a Rabbi and posek (authority in Jewish law) in Lithuania. Yechiel Michel Epstein was born
Yechiel_Michel_Epstein
Iraqi Jewish rosh yeshiva and posek
(1813 – September 13, 1889) was an Iraqi Jewish hakham, rosh yeshiva and posek. Abdallah Somekh was born in 1813 in Baghdad to Abraham Somekh, himself
Abdallah_Somekh
Belarusian rabbi (1838–1933)
ha-Kohen Kagan (February 6, 1838 – September 15, 1933) was a Lithuanian rabbi, posek, and ethicist whose works are widely influential in Orthodox Jewish life
Yisrael_Meir_Kagan
Polish-Canadian rabbi, posek and rosh yeshiva
Galicia – 25 January 1998, Montreal, Canada) was a Polish-Canadian rabbi, posek, and rosh yeshiva, who served as Chief Rabbi of Montreal from 1969 until
Pinchas_Hirschprung
Regency in Riau Islands, Indonesia
Selayar of Riau Islands between Lingga and Singkep. Singkep with Pulau Posek to the west, Pulau Serak to the southwest, and Pulau Lalang to the south
Lingga_Regency
Polish posek (1821-1893)
Israel Elijah Joshua Trunk of Kutno (1821-1893) was an important Polish posek of the late 19th century. He is sometimes referred to by the title of his
Israel_Joshua_Trunk
Elozor Wax (1822, Tarnogród – 1889, Kalisz) was a well-known Hasidic rabbi, posek, and a Jewish leader in Poland. He was a philanthropist and accomplished
Chaim_Elozor_Wax
American rabbi (born 1937)
York. He is the younger of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein's two sons, the leading posek of post-war America. Reuven Feinstein is the youngest of the four children
Reuven_Feinstein
British rabbi (1908–2000)
17 August 1908 – 16 August 2000) was a rabbinic leader, Orthodox Jewish posek and Talmudist. Chanoch Dov Padwa was born on 17 August 1908 (20 Av 5668
Chanoch_Dov_Padwa
(1899–1968) was a leading American scholar of Talmud, a legal decisor (posek), and a professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Cohen was
Boaz_Cohen
Israeli Orthodox rabbi and posek (born 1935)
(Hebrew: אֲבִיגְדֹּר נֶבֶּנְצָל; born 1935) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and posek. He is the senior rosh yeshiva at Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh, a faculty member
Avigdor_Nebenzahl
Abi Zimra, (1479–1573) also called Radbaz, born in Spain, was a leading posek, rosh yeshiva and chief rabbi David Kimhi, (Radak), (1160–1235), born in
List_of_rabbis
Israeli rabbi
Norman Louis Rabinovitch, was a Canadian-Israeli Religious Zionist rabbi and posek. He headed the London School of Jewish Studies from 1971 to 1982, and the
Nahum_Rabinovitch
Israeli rabbi, posek, and spiritual leader (1929–2010)
'Mordecai Semah Elijah'; March 3, 1929 – June 7, 2010) was an Israeli rabbi, posek, and spiritual leader. The son of a Jerusalem Kabbalist, in his youth, Eliyahu
Mordechai_Eliyahu
Third Chabad Rebbe (1789–1866)
Sprout" or "Righteous Scion"), was an Orthodox rabbi, leading 19th-century posek, and the third Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic
Menachem_Mendel_Schneersohn
Term used by Orthodox Jewish groups to describe their Judaism
yeshivas (deans of yeshivas), or a posek, often identified as an expert in the Shulkhan Arukh. (This recognition of a posek is often limited to Haredi communities
Torah_Judaism
Name list
composer Irving Berlin Yisroel Belsky (1938–2016), American rosh yeshiva and posek Israel Bettan (1889–1957), Lithuanian-American rabbi and professor Israel
Israel_(name)
Polish rabbi
Joseph ben Moses Babad (1801 – 1874) was a rabbi, posek and Talmudist, best known for his work, the Minchat Chinuch, a commentary on the Sefer Hachinuch
Joseph_Babad
Czechoslovak-born Israeli-American rabbi
known as the Ungvarer Rav (Yiddish: אונגווארער רב), was a Hasidic Rebbe and posek (arbiter of Jewish law). He authored 18 volumes of responsa, spanning over
Menashe_Klein
Moroccan rabbi and scholar
(1848–1935) was the Chief Rabbi of Morocco and a noted commentator, talmudist, posek, and author. Born in Salé, Morocco in 1848, he is known to the Jews of North
Raphael_Ankawa
Polish rabbi (1838–1910)
February 1910), also spelled Avraham Borenstein or Bernstein, was a leading posek in late-nineteenth-century Europe and founder and first Rebbe of the Sochatchover
Avrohom_Bornsztain
an exclusive gentile custom where the clothing is immodest. Rabbi and posek Moshe Feinstein (1895–1986) subscribed to the same strictures. Judaism portal
Jewish_religious_clothing
Polish rabbi and posek
Nathanson (1808–1875) (Hebrew: יוסף שאול בן אריה הלוי) was a Polish rabbi and posek, and a leading rabbinical authority of his day. Rabbi Nathanson was born
Joseph_Saul_Nathansohn
Jewish cemetery in Jerusalem
Lithuanian Orthodox gadol and posek Pesach Eliyahu Falk, Gateshead, Posek Hador Moshe Feinstein, American gadol and posek Binyomin Beinush Finkel, rosh
Har_HaMenuchot
Polish rabbi
the acronym Rema, was an eminent Polish Ashkenazi rabbi, talmudist, and posek (expert in Jewish law). Isserles was born in Kraków, Poland. His father
Moses_Isserles
in 1921, and became one of his leading students. Arieli was appointed as posek of Bikur Holim Hospital and served as the mashgiach ruchani of Jerusalem's
Yitzhak_Arieli
Lithuanian-British Talmudic scholar and rabbi
July 1868 – 1 June 1953) was a renowned Orthodox Jewish Talmudic scholar, posek and rabbi and served as a dayan of the London Beth Din. Shmuel Yitzchak
Shmuel_Yitzchak_Hillman
Moshe Malka (1911 – 22 March 1997) was a Moroccan-born Israeli rabbi, posek and author who served as the Sephardic chief rabbi of Petah Tikva and as a
Moshe_Malka
Jewish dietary laws
Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit milah Zeved
Kashrut
Topics referred to by the same term
(1879–1959), American swim coach known as "Bach" Joel Sirkis (1561–1640), Polish posek and halakhist, known as "the Bach" P. D. Q. Bach (1807–1742), a fictitious
Bach_(disambiguation)
Ethnoreligious group
Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit milah Zeved
Jews
Russian rabbi and Talmudist (1817–1896)
(Hebrew: יצחק אלחנן ספקטור; 1817 – March 6, 1896) was a Russian rabbi, posek and Talmudist of the 19th century. Spektor was born in Ros', Belarus (Yiddish:
Yitzchak_Elchanan_Spektor
Jewish religious movement
Orthodoxy believes that "legal authority is cumulative, and that a contemporary posek [decider] can only issue judgments based on a full history of Jewish legal
Open_Orthodoxy
Israeli rabbi
born 1937), also known as Azriel Auerbach, is a prominent Haredi rabbi and posek. He is the son of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, and son-in-law of Rabbi
Ezriel_Auerbach
Planned subway system around Tel Aviv
project: situation report]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved July 14, 2021. Posek, Hillel (October 1, 2015). "Exclusive: Ministry of Finance Plan to Cancel
Tel_Aviv_Metro
Orthodox rabbi (born 1934)
זילברשטיין, also spelled Silberstein) (born 1934) is a prominent Orthodox rabbi, posek (Jewish legal authority) and expert in medical ethics. He is the av beis
Yitzchok_Zilberstein
Israeli rabbi (1915–2006)
אליעזר יהודה וולדנברג; December 10, 1915 – November 21, 2006) was a rabbi, posek, and dayan in Jerusalem. He is known as a leading authority on medicine
Eliezer_Waldenberg
American Orthodox rabbi
Yisroel Reisman (Hebrew: ישראל הלוי רייזמן) is an American rabbi and posek (scholar of Jewish law) of Orthodox and Haredi Judaism who resides in Brooklyn
Yisroel_Reisman
and their Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem at the time of his death, as well as a posek (decider on points of Jewish law), and Talmudic scholar. His rulings on
Yitzchok_Yaakov_Weiss
Rabbi and codifier of Jewish law
ben Yehiel Michael Danzig (Hebrew: אברהם דנציג; 1748–1820) was a rabbi, posek (legal decisor) and codifier, best known as the author of the works of Jewish
Avraham_Danzig
Class of crustaceans
install filters for their water. The water was ruled kosher by posek Yisrael Belsky, chief posek of the OU and one of the most scientifically literate poskim
Copepod
Orthodox rabbinic title, especially in Hasidism
halakha (the corpus of Jewish law), but he is not as authoritative as a posek. The short form reb is an honorific for Orthodox Jewish men, who are most
Rebbe
Word meaning 'non-Jew'
Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit milah Zeved
Goy
Toronto and head of its Beis Din (Rabbinical court). He is a Litvish Haredi Posek (decisor of Rabbinic law) in Toronto. Miller is the head of the Beis Din
Shlomo_Miller
Ashkenazi Jewish Rabbinic family
of Kraków (d. 1520). Joseph Jaffe of Prague was the grandfather of the posek Mordecai Jaffe of Prague (1530–1612), and Moses Jaffe of Kraków was the
Jaffe_family
Ashkenazi posek and halakhist
abbreviation of his magnum opus BAyit CHadash), was a prominent Ashkenazi posek and halakhist, who lived in Central Europe and held rabbinical positions
Joel_Sirkis
American rabbi; founder of Beth Medrash Govoha
Rabbi Aharon on various tractates of the Talmud Yitzchak Abadi (born 1933), posek in Lakewood, New Jersey Philip Berg (1927–2013), dean of the Kabbalah Centre
Aharon_Kotler
Andalusian rabbi and posek (1077 – c. 1141)
אבן מיגאש; early 1077 – c. 1141) was a prominent rabbi, halakhic decisor (posek), and head of the yeshiva (rosh yeshiva) in Lucena, in al-Andalus (modern-day
Joseph_ibn_Migash
Religion of the Jewish people
Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit milah Zeved
Judaism
Movement in Orthodox Judaism
Orthodoxy contends that legal authority is cumulative, and that a contemporary posek (decisor) can only issue judgments based on a full history of Jewish legal
Modern_Orthodox_Judaism
Overview of the early history of Judaism
Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit milah Zeved
Origins_of_Judaism
American rabbi
an American-born Orthodox Jewish rabbi, rosh yeshiva, rosh kollel, and posek (arbiter of Jewish law) in Israel. In 16 years as Menahel Ruchani (spiritual
Yitzchak_Berkovits
First five books of the Hebrew Bible
Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit milah Zeved
Torah
German-born Israeli rabbi (1927–2013)
February 1927 – 11 June 2013) was an eminent Orthodox Jewish rabbi and posek (halakhic authority) in Jerusalem. He was one of the primary students of
Yehoshua_Neuwirth
Bohemian rabbi (c. 1530 – 1612)
7 March 1612; Hebrew: מרדכי בן אברהם יפה) was a rabbi, rosh yeshiva and posek. He is best known as author of Levush Malkhus, a ten-volume codification
Mordecai_Yoffe
Jewish educational institution for Torah study
Rabbinate of Israel; until his recent passing (2020) commonly for that of the posek R. Zalman Nechemia Goldberg.) Training as a Dayan in this community is usually
Yeshiva
Moroccan-born Sephardic rabbi (1892–1974)
Messas (Hebrew: יוסף משאש; lived 1892-1974) was a Moroccan-Israeli rabbi, posek, poet, historian, and public figure. He served as the rabbi of Tlemcen and
Joseph_Messas
Texts regarded as part of the Bible
Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit milah Zeved
Biblical_canon
receive their semicha from the Roshei Yeshiva (jointly with the renowned Posek Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg until his death; and previously Rabbi Yaacov
Rabbinical College of Pretoria
Rabbinical_College_of_Pretoria
Spanish-born rabbi (1479–1573)
early acharon of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries who was a leading posek, rosh yeshiva, chief rabbi, and author of more than 3,000 responsa (halakhic
David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra
David_ben_Solomon_ibn_Abi_Zimra
Political party in Israel
Chairman of the party.[citation needed] Degel HaTorah's rabbinical arbiter ("posek") was, until his death in 2012, centenarian Rabbi Yosef Shalom Eliashiv
Degel_HaTorah
English rabbi (1943–2020)
Pesach Eliyahu Falk (1943 – 20 January 2020) was an English Haredi rabbi and posek. He was well known for his works on Jewish law concerning the laws of modesty
Pesach_Eliyahu_Falk
Jewish Rabbi (1433–1493)
January 1493), also known as Isaac Aboab II, was a Spanish-Jewish Rabbi, Posek and Torah commentator. Born at Toledo, the great-great-grandson of Isaac
Isaac_Aboab_of_Castile
Assemblies of 23 or 71 Jewish elders
Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit milah Zeved
Sanhedrin
German rabbi
(Hebrew: יעקב בן משה מולין) (c. 1365 – September 14, 1427) was a Talmudist and posek (authority on Jewish law) best known for his codification of the customs
Yaakov_ben_Moshe_Levi_Moelin
City and administrative center of Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine
engineer Shlomo Ganzfried (1804–1886), an Orthodox rabbi of Ungvar and posek. Author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch József Gáti (1885–1945) an ethnic Hungarian
Uzhhorod
Jewish religion between 516 BCE and 70 CE
Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit milah Zeved
Second_Temple_Judaism
Russian rabbi, rosh yeshiva, and posek (1870–1953)
February 6, 1870 – November 17, 1953), was a Jewish rabbi, rosh yeshiva and posek. He was known as the "Even HaEzel", after the title of his commentary on
Isser_Zalman_Meltzer
American Modern Orthodox rabbi
5737 on the Hebrew calendar) is an American Orthodox rabbi, author and posek. He is the director of the Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Semikhah Program
Aryeh_Lebowitz
Closed frond of the date palm tree
Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit milah Zeved
Lulav
Surname list
include: Aharon Pfeuffer (1949–1993), South African Orthodox Rabbi and Posek Alan J. Pfeuffer, American lawyer Ludwig Pfeuffer, Yehuda Amichai, (1924–2000)
Pfeuffer
American rabbi (1926–2021)
(Jewish law). Tendler was the son-in-law of Moshe Feinstein, a world-renowned posek. Some of Feinstein's "Iggerot Mosheh" responsa are addressed to his son-in-law
Moshe_David_Tendler
Male given name
Galician rabbi Yerucham ben Meshullam (1290–1350), prominent rabbi and posek during the period of the Rishonim Easywords (2020-09-07). "Meshullam Pronunciation"
Meshullam
Rabbi
yeshiva in Kiryat Mattersdorf and Yeshivas Derech Chaim in Brooklyn. He was a posek (decisor of Jewish law), Gadol HaDor, and one of the last living Torah scholars
Chaim_Pinchas_Scheinberg
Haredi rabbi and leader in Israel (1928–2022)
קַניֶבסקִי; January 8, 1928 – March 18, 2022) was an Israeli Haredi rabbi and posek. He was a leading authority in Haredi Jewish society on legal and ethical
Chaim_Kanievsky
Jewish religious male circumcision ceremony
Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit milah Zeved
Brit_milah
Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit milah Zeved
Maisit
Saviour or liberator of a group of people
From Agudas Chasidei Chabad". The New York Times. 9 February 1996. "Famed Posek Rabbi Menashe Klein: Messianic Group Within Chabad Are Apikorsim". 7 May
Messiah
Ordination of a rabbi or cantor in Judaism
knowledge to other areas (and where necessary refer complex cases to a posek, a more qualified authority; see Responsa § In Judaism). Similar, a semicha
Semikhah
Hereditary priest in Judaism
Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit milah Zeved
Kohen
Haredi rabbi and leader in Israel
needed] was a Haredi (ultra-Orthodox Jewish) rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and posek (decider of Jewish law in new situations), and the author of Kehilos Yaakov
Yaakov_Yisrael_Kanievsky
Municipality in Vaud, Switzerland
activist Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg (1884–1966), a Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi, posek, and rosh yeshiva Weltin Wolfinger (1926–2010), a Liechtenstein bobsledder
Montreux
Romanian rabbi (1859–1941)
a member of the Romanian parliament, and a prominent Jewish leader and posek. Yehuda Leib Tsirelson was the son of the Rabbi of Kozelets, Moishe Chayim
Yehuda_Leib_Tsirelson
Teacher of Torah and spiritual leader in Judaism
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